Howdy Dallan. I have used both but would have to say the hodgon extreme powders due to there consistancy with temperature change. I use to use imr 4320 for a 308 and i loaded it right up there!! 40 degrees was fine 70 - 80 degree days bolt was hard to open i use to put my bullets in the fridge and put them in a lunch box with a ice pack and go to the range people thought i was nutz but it was a huntin load i wanted to know what it did in cold weather. With the extreme powders i don't have to worry about the temp. I'm realy hooked on varget that stuff rocks!!

I have used both, but prefer IMR 4064, IMR 4895 and IMR 4350 and have never had a problem with temperature changes. The loads I have worked up are swell and I am too old and too cranky to experiment with some new fangled powders. All the best...
Gil

I have a couple cans of IMR, but lots more Hodgdon... mainly because its so much easier to find. How about you guys?

-DallanC

Hi DallanC....hang onto those IMR "cans"...you can't get them anymore Now that Hodgdon owns the IMR brand, all the IMR now comes in plastic jars just like the Hodgdon. They did keep the same color scheme as the old IMR cans so as not to confuse us I guess.

Blaine

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Howdy. Knifeboy. It went well i didn't freeze them just put them in the fridge and then a lunch box with a ice pack to keep them cold. I wanted to see how they shot in the cold. People thought i was gonna have lunch and then i would pull a bullet out they thought i was nutz. ( It makes sence to me though )

About the only Hodgdon powder I use a lot of is Varget. I've always got Reloder 7 & 19 on hand as well. Almost everything else is IMR. I use all of their rifle powders and in recent years have also developed a fondness for VihtaVouri. I don't know what the legal limit is for the amount of powder we're allowed to have in our home is, but probably I've exceeded it. Best wishes.

Howdy Dallan. I have used both but would have to say the hodgon extreme powders due to there consistancy with temperature change. I use to use imr 4320 for a 308 and i loaded it right up there!! 40 degrees was fine 70 - 80 degree days bolt was hard to open i use to put my bullets in the fridge and put them in a lunch box with a ice pack and go to the range people thought i was nutz but it was a huntin load i wanted to know what it did in cold weather. With the extreme powders i don't have to worry about the temp. I'm realy hooked on varget that stuff rocks!!

That was pretty much what I had to say, but I'll add, the Hogdon powders also seem to meter much better, than IMR(which is good, but I also LOVE the Extremem powders since I like to work up hunting loads in the summer months----something fun to do!)..

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